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RULES
WCVL rules are in effect except the following 4 differences:


1- A two-man (side-by-side, males) blocks are allowed only if a man is hitting. Any attempt to to have 2 men (side-by-side) block if a woman is hitting will result in an automatic fault, even if none of the blockers touch the ball.

2- Subs eligible: same tier or lower. (except for playoffs, players have to be listed on the roster, no requirement of matches played)

3- Matching Jerseys are NOT required.

4- Points are awarded for every set won.

5- Teams can be composed of a maximum of 3 Males and there is no minimum of players. As example, the following combinations are allowed: 3M/3F, 3M/2F, 3M/1F, 3M/0F, 2M/4F, 2M/3F, 2M/2F, 2M/1F, 2M/0F, 1M/5F, 1M/4F and so on...Just as long as there are 3 guys Max on the court.




OTHER RULES








- All matches are best 3 of 5 except week one of playoffs which will be best 2 of 3.
NO CAP ever!
- Men Hit back row, Women hit anywhere.
- A man cannot contact the ball above the plane of the net if it is to send the ball on the other side of the net.
- Everyone playing, including subs have to be MVA members.
- All playoffs games played on the same day.


MOVEMENT OF TEAMS IN TIERS:
- After each round robin, first team of each tier will go up a tier and last team of each tier will go down a tier

TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES
Should 2 or more teams be tied for a position by points, the following will be used to rank teams. (in order)
1-Head to head (whoever beat the other will be ranked higher)
2-Sets won/sets lost ratio
3-Points for/against ratio
4-Coin toss
PLAYING WITH LESS THAN 6 PLAYERS:

With 5 players:
With 5 players:
- Teams shall alternate M/F ie. m-f-m-f-m or f-m-f-m-f
- The team shall have 3 in the front and 2 in the back and rotation shall be kept and a new person, in rotation order, shal come in the front row every rotation (ie, the same 3 players can't stay in the front).
- Serve rotation shall be kept.
- Switching to a different position after the serve is allowed, just like playing 6's, just as long as the players in the back row stay in the back row and players in the front row stay front row.
- Same blocking/hitting rules in effect (see above)

With 4 or Less:
- The serving rotation shall be kept. Players DON'T have to rotate and keep positions.
- Same blocking/hitting rules in effect (see above)

Teams shall never have more than 3 male players on the court.